the thing about pei ming. is that what the narrative shows you straight out is him in a relationship where he didn't follow the typical romantic convention of abandoning everything for the other person. and then him attempting to cover for his nepotism grandkid. and then his reputation for sleeping with a lot of women. and then it really doesn't want to let you talk about the fact that he's very consistent about making sure that the women he has relationships with are taken care of after he's gone. or that he was doing the honorable thing by not taking the easy way out of a war and did his best with an impossible situation with that woman afterwards and made sure she was taken care of to the best of his ability. or that shi wudu, water tyrant, trusts him so much that he's essentially appointed him as shi qingxuan's guardian in case anything happens to him. like YES he's a whore. AND.
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i am not immune to being apprehensive to change when it comes to something i really like getting a redesign/rebrand/what have you, but i think what the try guys have been doing lately is an exception. in my opinion, the best like, refreshes of a long-lasting brand/group are the ones that have (at least some of) the same recognizable elements of its previous iteration(s):
from day one, branding with the try guys has had a heavy emphasis on color, with the blue/red/green/purple scheme representing keith/ned/zach/eugene, respectively. the colors were in their intro and outro to their videos, they're still especially present in their merchandise, the whole nine yards. with ned rightfully getting kicked out of the group for his "consensual workplace relationship" (jesus), it made sense that they had to stop and change their branding after this sudden event.
the orange era serves as a good bridge between the quartet group icon they started with and the neon triangle icon we have now, but it was kinda temporary. in a way, the try guys as a brand were having an identity crisis, having lost both a founding member and a (now former) friend. i think the current rebrand is a solid mix of their past and future, the blue/green/purple making a return + the triceratops remaining in the center, and the new elements with the triangles and general neon aesthetic (sidenote: triangle + triceratops + try/tri guys makes me go insane. i love it)
i also really like how the orange is reincorporated with the portraits for each of the guys in the pictures shared on their social accounts. alongside this, their poses showcasing their general personalities with the fact that the triangles are play buttons (which i didn't know until i read some alt text on one of their their tweets, whoops!):
overall present a strong sense of familiarity with the boys, but Also the excitement they have on moving forward with whatever the future brings, and i just think that's neat :)
*i didn't know where to fit this bit besides the very end,
but i like the idea that the triangles can also represent a fast forward button, further pushing the idea of the guys moving forward. likely more of a coincidence here but still cool nonetheless :P
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sunday snippet
thank you for tagging me @xjustakay and @veryinnovative <333 kissing u both
"Oh yeah, Reg owed me so much money, actually," Barty continues, unbothered by Regulus’ death stare. "I offered to let him pay me back in installments."
"Did you really?" James asks, voice now betraying amusement.
Regulus lets his head drop back, a dull thud against the shelves. He considers moving. Maybe Europe? He’s heard wonderful things about Portugal. Then again, Regulus never did well with heat, so maybe he should head more North. Denmark perhaps.
Barty hums, then says, "Think I could also beg a kiss off you? I probably have a few dollars lying around. Gotta make sure Regulus invested his money well, you know how it is." He's patting his pockets for good measure, pulling out some lint and a wrinkled twenty-dollar bill.
no pressure tags: @messerflower @magswrite @spacexcowgirl
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if you ever think I'm talking about someone who is really handsome and just an amazing person in general, I'm talking about harry styles. or Liam Payne. or Zayn Malik. or louis tomlinson. or Niall Horan. I've got no one else
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